What would you do if you found out you were a mermaid? Twelve-year-old Kira loves to swim. But her parents, who adopted her as a baby, have forbidden her to go near the sea where they live on the north Atlantic coast. Frustrated by their rules, Kira decides to rebel and jumps into the icy…
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The Grand Change: A Novel – Book Launch @ The Library
Book launch with Island author, William Andrews Thursday Oct. 17, 7:00 p.m. at Confederation Centre: Public Library – William Andrews’ first novel, “The Grand Change: A Novel”, examines life in a small PEI community in the 1940s and 50s as changes, so common in the rest of the world, begin to take hold. Using a…
Rachna Gilmore launches novel on June 18th
Rachna Gilmore will launch her newest book, THAT BOY RED, Saturday June 18 at 2:00pm at Confederation Centre Public Library. The novel set in P.E.I. during the 1930s, follows the adventures and misadventures of eleven-year-old Roderick “Red” MacRae and his large and lively family as they struggle through bad weather, plunging crop prices and more during…
Book Launch: House of Bears by Orysia Dawydiak
Everyone is invited to the launch of House of Bears, a new novel by Orysia Dawydiak. WHEN: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7-9 p.m. WHERE: Haviland Club, 2 Haviland Street, Charlottetown House of Bears is Orysia Dawydiak’s first novel. When Luba Kassim reluctantly returns home to Northern Ontario, the strained relationship with her traditional Ukrainian mother…
The Writing Pool 